Method for organizing the assembly of collagen fibers and compositions formed therefrom

• US 20060135638A1
• Filed: 12/22/2004
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Depuy Products Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Depuy Products Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Pedrozo, Hugo A., Shuster, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 7,354,627 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 522/1
• CPC Class Codes: C08H 1/06 derived from horn, hoofs, hair, skin or leather
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 89/06 derived from leather or skin , e.g. gelatin
• CPC Class Codes: D01F 4/00 Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of proteins; Manufacture thereof

Abstract

The present invention provides a protein polymer material and a method for preparing the protein polymer material involving applying an energy such as electrical energy or gravitational energy to a protein to cause the protein to assemble in a controlled arrangement. The protein used in this method may be any suitable fibrillar protein capable of self-assembling.

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